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[Viper1]

dbot said:

Viper1 said:
Max, good point but so many people are still confused on analog TV vs digital TV. Digital TV is what we are about to switch to however, digital TV does not equate to HDTV. 480 resolution TV signals will still be transmitted for possibly decades while the digital SD TV's will also be sold for quite a long time from now.

 

The bolded part is not true.  The goverment is reclaiming the SD airwaves.  The setup box downscales the HD signal to 480i.

Someone lied to you.

Once again DTV does not equal HDTV. 

Besides that, only the full powered TV statsions in the US are switching to digital in Feb.  That's just about 1,800 stations but there still over 7,000 low powered stations that are not under the federal mandate and have no time frame to swich to digital broadcasting.

 

What you might be talking about is the reallocation of the lower end of the 700 Mhz band for other communications use.  That affects channels 52-69 which has been in transition anyway since the 1990's.